>> the united states state department is criticizing the chairman's time after a controversial rocket launch. but the delegation is saying this trip was planned and he just want as look at north korea's economy and social media. we have video that came to the newsroom an hour ago from the korean central news agency. he and former new mexico governor richardson landed in pyongyang 1:00 o'clock a.m. our time and will be there for four days. richardson travels to north korea frequently but schmidt's participation is drawing speculation what he hopes to accomplish. richardson defends the trip as a "private humanitarian mission." >> schmidt is a friend of mine, he is interested in foreign policy, he is going as a private citizen. this is not a google trip. i am sure he is interested in some of the economic issues there. or the social media aspect. so, this is why we teamed up on this trip. >> schmidt and richardson are expected it high to negotiate the release of an american prisoner captured last month in the country while they are there over the next four days. >> thank you. our time now